do you buy 'Free Range Eggs'?

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Poll: do you buy 'Free Range Eggs'? You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
yes	88.89%	8	88.89%
no (I don't eat eggs)	0%	0	0%
no (I buy caged eggs)	0%	0	0%
no (I think it's a marketing gimmick, and not really free range)	11.11%	1	11.11%
Total		9 vote(s)	100%

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Thread: do you buy 'Free Range Eggs'?

Plenum (Offline)

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02-17-2012, 02:34 AM

I bought these today:

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I didn't scrutinise the packaging until I got home and realised they were not what I was 'really after'.

The hens that laid these eggs are 'free to roam' but are still stuck in a barn. By 'free range' I think most people have a romanticized ideas of the old farms of the 1800's when farm animals grazed in open pasture. This is most definitely not the case with these eggs.

they were $4 a dozen.

you can get caged eggs for as cheap as $2.20 a dozen.

proper 'free range' eggs might go from $6 and upwards; and usually say they are antibiotic free, grain fed etc etc.

it costs more to get the higher quality stuff, but it is also paying for less animal suffering.

next time I'll make a better choice Smile